California
List: National Merit semifinalists from California, class of 2025
The semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program — about 16,000 high school students, representing less than 1% of U.S. seniors — were announced on Sept. 11.
The semifinalists, from the graduating class of 2025, qualified based on their scores on the Preliminary SAT. About 95 percent are expected to attain finalist standing on the strength of an application detailing academic performance, school and community activities, and employment.
About half the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, to be announced in the spring.
Below are the semifinalists from California, listed alphabetically by city (in bold) and high school.
Also: The Class of 2025 semifinalist list for Bay Area schools
ACTON
VASQUEZ H. S.
AGOURA HILLS
AGOURA H. S.
- Fonkalsrud, Christian
- Gelb, Matthew
- Korob, Ian
ALAMEDA
ALAMEDA H. S.
- Handler, Myles A.
- Song, Jacob J.
ALAMEDA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
ENCINAL H. S.
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
ALBANY
ALBANY H. S.
- Batnairamdal, Altanshagai
- Fahn, Leilani
- Gold, Skylar
- Lam, Mabyn
- Lee, Bennett
- Rothstein, Samuel
- Watt, Liam
- Zhang, Dori
ALHAMBRA
ALHAMBRA H. S.
- San, Kaung H.
- San, Kaung M.
MARK KEPPEL H. S.
ALISO VIEJO
ALISO NIGUEL H. S.
- Halphide, Danielle
- Milby, Jackson
- Selvan, Noah
- Song, Ian
ANAHEIM
CANYON H. S.
- Hassain, Rohan
- Kim, Alexandr
ESPERANZA H. S.
- Hoang, Matthew
- Sharma, Shivali
FAIRMONT PREPARATORY ACADEMY
- Hollis, Francis
- Kim, Noelle
- Lee, Siheon
- Pau, Cheuk Fu Ian
- Shvartsman, Ava
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
ANTIOCH
ANTIOCH H. S.
ARCADIA
ARCADIA H. S.
- Athavale, Avani A.
- Cha, Minjun
- Cheng, Lewis
- Choy, Hei Yin
- Hussain, Syed S.
- Kulkarni, Dhruti G.
- Kumar, Avik
- Lin, Annette L.
- Liu, Mia Y.
- Luc, Don C.
- Ma, Max M.
- Ng, Zuni
- Prabhutendolkar, Atharv A.
- S. G. Yousuf Mohammed, Anas
- Wang, Catherine Z.
- Wang, Herrick X.
- Xu, Zejin
- Yen, Evan S.
ARROYO GRANDE
ARROYO GRANDE H. S.
ATHERTON
MENLO – ATHERTON H. S.
- Buerchner, Andrew
- Chen, Lilah S.
- Chien, Celine
- Djafari, Sara J.
- Goldman, Samuel S.
- Justice, Anna J.
- Kaushikan, Rohan
- Klingsporn, Rose B.
- Knox, William P.
- Lee, Valentine
- Margulis, Arden T.
- Mattal, Brandon C.
- Nam, Corbin M.
- Waitz, Anthony A.
- Weiss, Benjamin R.
MENLO SCHOOL
- Chen, Sophia
- Dokanchi, Anthony
- Hsia, Kate
- Kim, Amanda
- Klugman, Isabella
- Mangtani, Ruchi
- Palmer, Clifford
- Park, Benjamin
- Xin, Karen
SACRED HEART PREPARATORY SCHOOL
- Newby, Megan
- Smith, James
- Verner, Alexis
BAKERSFIELD
CENTENNIAL H. S.
LIBERTY H. S.
STOCKDALE H. S.
- Gaikwad, Kunal
- Natt, Ekamjot
BELLFLOWER
ST. JOHN BOSCO H. S.
BELMONT
CARLMONT H. S.
- Block, Linnea A.
- Cao, Mason Y.
- Ching, Camille I.
- Clusin, Audrey A.
- Crowther, Paige K.
- Crowther, Samantha J.
- Dastidar, Aviraj G.
- Feldman, Mitchell E.
- Hai, Zara A.
- Kumar, Manya S.
- Lennemann, Alinando
- Nobrega, Maximilian M.
- Ohashi, Shiyo K.
- Rui, Gabriel Y.
- Scholl, Tae L.
- Sneeringer, Jackson M.
- Wang, Catherine Y.
BENICIA
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
- Bowman, Hannah
- Bowman, Nathan
BERKELEY
BERKELEY H. S.
- Bianchi-McElwee, Max
- Cheng, Simon
- Cline, Amon
- Coleman, Anna
- Dernburg, Benjamin
- Nickolaus, Ilana
- Philhower, Violet
- Saenz, Alita T.
- Simic, Emanuel
- Srinivasan, Lucas
- Underwood, Calder
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE H. S.
- Osorio, Shai
- Wollitzer, Isaiah P.
BEVERLY HILLS
BEVERLY HILLS H. S.
- Bakshian, Benjamin
- Goldkorn, Tali
- Li, Vincent
- Smiler, Andrew
- Zhang, Sarah
BIG BEAR CITY
BIG BEAR H. S.
BREA
BREA OLINDA H. S.
BRENTWOOD
LIBERTY H. S.
BURBANK
BURBANK H. S.
- Missakian, Avedis
- Patel, Diya
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL LOS ANGELES
BURLINGAME
BURLINGAME H. S.
- Browdy, Zoe A.
- Keeley, Lucas C.
- Levitt, Alexandria A.
- Meng, David X.
- Nguyen, Brandon Z.
- Peng, Aaron Z.
CALABASAS
VIEWPOINT SCHOOL
- Dans, Julian
- Green, Samuel L.
CAMARILLO
ADOLFO CAMARILLO H. S.
- Hoang, Jadon N.
- Jiang, Ethan X.
- Thomas, Christopher K.
RANCHO CAMPANA H. S.
CAMPBELL
WESTMONT H. S.
- Hwang, Jocelyn
- Ranjith, Yash M.
- Wu, Alexander
CANYON COUNTRY
CANYON H. S.
CARLSBAD
ARMY AND NAVY ACADEMY
CARLSBAD H. S.
- Dee, Zaiden
- Dresios, Demetrios
- Dresios, Marianthe
- Dresios, Vassilios
PACIFIC RIDGE SCHOOL
- Santiago, Jaden
- Simpson, Carter
SAGE CREEK H. S.
- Caviness, Phillip
- Dougherty, Jacob
- Farrelly, Keenan
- Hao, Yunshu
- Lee, Emma
- Sakhranov, Ivan
CARMICHAEL
JESUIT H. S.
- Pryor, Luke L.
- Troppmann, Maximilian A.
- Yiakis, Benjamin A.
CARSON
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
- Choung, Isaiah
- Chung, Yuchan
- Kim, Justin
- Lunker, Titiksha
- Trinh, Phong
- Vu, Quan
CASTRO VALLEY
CASTRO VALLEY H. S.
- Chen, Sean
- Crowell, Haley J.
- Huang, Edison J.
CERRITOS
CERRITOS H. S.
GRETCHEN WHITNEY H. S.
- Anand, Aanya
- Chao, Benjamin
- Han, Jaden
- Huang, Ann
- Hui, Ethan
- Kim, Stanley
- Kumar, Luv
- Senanayake, Dineth
- Vida, Gavin-Kai
- Vu, Christopher
CHATSWORTH
SIERRA CANYON SCHOOL
CHINO HILLS
RUBEN S. AYALA H. S.
- Chao, Ryan
- Hong, Caden M.
- Kim, Ethan H.
- Mattison, Cole H.
CHINO HILLS H. S.
CHULA VISTA
OLYMPIAN H. S.
CLAREMONT
CLAREMONT H. S.
- Cheng, Leo L.
- Moore, Ian L.
- Ou, Sofia M.
- Rockwell, Simon P.
VIVIAN WEBB SCHOOL
- Duan, Kexin
- Hou, Danting
- Yang, Wen
WEBB SCHOOL OF CALIFORNIA
- Hu, Zhenghao
- Lan, Tingxu
- Pang, Jay
- Xu, Hanbo
- Yang, Aaron
CLOVIS
FLOYD B. BUCHANAN H. S.
- Beauchamp, Jack
- Fowler, Autumn
CLOVIS EAST H. S.
CLOVIS H. S.
CONCORD
CARONDELET H. S.
CUPERTINO
CUPERTINO H. S.
- Bhagwat, Rohan
- Chaba, Zachary
- Chen, Matthew
- Cu, Aaron
- Do, Wonyoung
- Eranki, Bhargav
- Frake, Dylan
- Gokhale, Aakash
- Kandasamy, Shivanth
- Kang, Alvin
- Kang, Melody
- Khan, Zoya
- Kim, Ian
- Kuo, Brian
- Lee, Joyce
- Lee, Katherine
- Marfatia, Prachi
- Marfatia, Purva
- Mehta, Aarav
- Muliadi, Brandon
- Mupparthi, Ayaan
- Naphade, Atharv
- Naphade, Rohan
- Tomar, Avi
- Xie, Xiwen
- Xu, Grace
- Youn, Lina
- Yu, Faye
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
HOMESTEAD H. S.
- Anderson, Cecilia
- Belt, Atticus
- Bodke, Rohan
- Chang, Linda
- Chau, Hayden
- Chu, Alicia
- Dale, Dylan
- Fei, Jianwen
- Ferolito, Peter
- Giri, Adithya
- Khare, Aarush
- Kim, Ellia
- Mishra, Sanatan
- Ng, Matthew
- Noujeim, Clara
- Sirota, Alexander
- Tsai, Perry
- Yeung, Ezra Kai Lok
- Yuan, Samuel
MONTA VISTA H. S.
- Avadhanam, Pranav
- Bhandarkar, Anika
- Chatterjee, Nishant
- Dambalkar, Nandan
- Devakonda, Indu
- Eranti, Abhiraam
- Garg, Rohin
- He, Alicia
- Huang, Aiden
- Hung, Chloe
- Kamarshi, Hemani
- Kancherla, Saahithi
- Kaushik, Kanchan
- Ke, Carina
- Ke, Karen
- Kellogg, Ethan
- Li, Allen
- Liu, Lanhao
- Mehta, Annika
- Pullara, Maya
- Qin, Melissa
- Rastogi, Keshav
- Tai, Alan
- Vicchrilli, Elisabeth
- Wang, Selina
- Yang, Alyssa
- Yao, Sunny
- Yoon, Robin
- Zeng, Alexander
- Zheng, Dorothy
- Zhou, Charlotte
CYPRESS
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
OXFORD ACADEMY
- Le, Emily
- Lee, Janice D.
- Lee, Joseph J.
- Nguyen, Khanh K.
- Shao, Veronica Y.
- Yoon, Rachel J.
DALY CITY
SUMMIT SHASTA
WESTMOOR H. S.
DANA POINT
DANA HILLS H. S.
DANVILLE
ATHENIAN SCHOOL
- Molitor, Garrett M.
- Solomon, Michael J.
MONTE VISTA H. S.
- Atkinson, Kalen J.
- Bijlani, Trisha
- Cao, Stephanie Y.
- Chao, Rex S.
- Dolan, Liam K.
- Ferman, Emre
- Fernandez, Sofia F.
- Gandhi, Arshia
- Kabbarah, Bashar
- Kayari, Amanda E.
- Kuwahara, Callen M.
SAN RAMON VALLEY H. S.
DAVIS
DAVIS H. S.
- Ben Haj, Fatima
- Ding, Grace
- Jung, Wooyoung
- Kim, Jodie
- Koenig, Thomas
- Lee, Jennifer
- Mieske, Cole
- Parikh, Arav
- Qi, Brandon
- Rose, Noam
- Wang, Ryan
- Yang, Wenqi
DIAMOND BAR
DIAMOND BAR H. S.
- Chaisakulchai, Nattanicha
- Chen, Jayden
- Chung, Amanda
- Doratan, Janna Audrey
- Hoen, Ethan
- Jung, Cody
- Liu, Matthew
- Prasetyo, Daniel
- Xie, Donson
DUARTE
DUARTE H. S.
DUBLIN
DUBLIN H. S.
- Adiga, Greeshma R.
- Aravind, Anuraag
- Balupari, Laasya
- Bharadwaj, Kashyap R.
- Bhattiprolu, Vineel
- Chamberlain, Sonya W.
- Das, Aditya
- Fielding, Evan A.
- Geng, Kevin L.
- Gurusankar, Tarini
- Liu, Franklin J.
- Mittal, Isha
- Mukherjee, Abhijoy N.
- Noique, Matthew G.
- Suzuki, Kaito
- Wang, Emma L.
- Xiao, Eric Y.
- Zhou, Jason
QUARRY LANE SCHOOL
- Chen, William
- Chen, Yao
- Hu, Ricky
- Iyer, Dhruv V.
- Jain, Diya
- Ji, Ada
- Karippara, Harshitha
- Liu, Tiffany
- Mannava, Pranati
- Manyam, Krishiv
- Mehra, Dev
- Sridharan, Srinitha
- Valliappan, Saravanan
- Wong, Ryan
- Xie, Crystal
- Yan, Sam
- Zhuge, Elizabeth
EASTVALE
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT H. S.
EDWARDS
DESERT H. S.
EL CAJON
GRANITE HILLS H. S.
EL CERRITO
EL CERRITO H. S.
- Arkin, Oliver M.
- Seo, Daniel J.
EL DORADO HILLS
OAK RIDGE H. S.
- Boucher, Nola
- Feldman, Mason
- Ni, Andrew
- Pham, Ethan
- Tribble, Alexandra
EL SEGUNDO
EL SEGUNDO H. S.
VISTAMAR SCHOOL
ELK GROVE
COSUMNES OAKS H. S.
- Arnold, John M.
- Jiang, Benjamin
- Moua, Nu A.
- Tong, Matthew S.
- Tran, Viettam N.
PLEASANT GROVE H. S.
EMERYVILLE
EAST BAY GERMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ENCINITAS
THE GRAUER SCHOOL
SAN DIEGUITO ACADEMY
- Berman, Jonah
- Lo, Aiden
- Pai, Christopher
- Sarikonda, Aaditya
- Sleight, Dahlia
ESCONDIDO
CLASSICAL ACADEMY H. S.
SAN PASQUAL H. S.
FAIRFIELD
ANGELO RODRIGUEZ H. S.
FOLSOM
FOLSOM H. S.
- Ching, Kaelyn
- Datta, Ishan
- Koneru-Ansari, Sami
- Tiwari, Deepankar
VISTA DEL LAGO H. S.
- Borole, Anish
- Puritipati, Rahul
FOSTER CITY
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
FOUNTAIN VALLEY
FOUNTAIN VALLEY H. S.
- Nguyen, Benjamin
- Nguyen, Jaquelyn
FREMONT
ALSION MONTESSORI H. S.
- Hoang, Kenric
- Samsi, Anushree
AMERICAN H. S.
- Arya, Advika
- Ashwin, Aditi
- Baldwa, Avishi
- Chaurasia, Ayush
- Chen, Keane
- Das, Archit
- Edappily, Roger
- Fan, Alice
- Ganapathy, Thryambak
- Garg, Krishay
- Godavarthy, Abhiram
- Huang, Lucas
- Jegadheswaran, Nidhes
- Johar, Alfiya
- Karthikeyan Marudhavanan, Dharshini
- Kuang, Kallie
- Kulkarni, Riya
- Kumaraswamy, Anirudh
- Kwok, Ching Yeung
- Li, Howard
- Lian, Zikai
- Luo, Shijie
- Mohammad, Amaan
- Qiao, Benjamin
- Reddy, Anshuman
- Sharma, Shreeya
- Singh, Tegh
- Solanki, Avik
- Tian, Madison
- Tseng, Cher
- Veeramaneni, Saahith
- Wen, Max
- Zhi, David
BASIS INDEPENDENT
- Bachheti, Manya
- Bhatt, Romil
- Deshmukh, Atharv
- Gowda, Shamak
- Kiran, Aditi
- Li, Ryan
- Liang, Bridget
- Ni, Joshua
- Pilli, Rohan
- Soni, Aashna
- Wang, Joy
- Wong, Allyson
- Wu, Luoxi
- Yan, Kevin
- Zhang, Chloe
IRVINGTON H. S.
- Carthikeyan, Anandika
- Chakraborty, Aanya
- Chao, Abraham
- Chen, Jeremy
- Choi, Esther
- Dasgupta, Sahana
- Du, Jaden
- Gadre, Mihir
- Gao, Christopher
- Gu, Ruiyun
- Huang, Darren
- Jia, Ziqi
- Konda, Vaishnavi
- Kuan, Mason
- Lan, Eric
- Luo, Francis
- Prashantha, Shreya
- Rao, Avani
- Raviotta, Andrew
- Shen, Vinna
- Shu, Wynn
- Sun, Jerry
- Surana, Ritika
- Thodupunoori, Shubhankar
- Vairavan, Soundharya
JOHN F. KENNEDY H. S.
MISSION SAN JOSE H. S.
- Awasthi, Ishaan
- Chatterjee, Rajorshi
- Chen, Angelina
- Chen, Novak
- Chen, Pengyu
- Chen, Simeng
- Chu, Patrick
- Gupta, Aadi
- Hsiung, Issac
- Jani, Ashwika
- Jayaraj, Michelle
- Jonnadula, Monish
- Joseph, Jeremy
- Kamath, Atul
- Leng, Ester
- Liang, Sarah
- Liu, Kaylee
- Lu, Ivy
- Manur, Rishabh
- Nachiappan, Aghilan
- Patil, Shubham
- Prabhakar, Palak
- Prasanna, Lakshmi Narasimhan
- Rao, Varun
- Roy, Ishani
- Sen, Tuheen
- Tan, Jonathan
- Tunguturu, Saidivyesh
- Wu, Raina
- Wudaru, Vaibhav
- Zhao, Alexander
- Zhao, Andrew
- Zhao, Evelyn
- Zhou, Anika
- Zhou, Carina
- Zhou, William
WASHINGTON H. S.
- Alokozai, Edris
- Mehta, Bhavya
- Pamula, Lilian
- Rao, Anika
- Sankaran, Advait
- Vohra, Mahika
FRESNO
CLOVIS NORTH H. S.
- Estrada, Pauline Victoria
- Mehrotra-Varma, Shiv
- Rao, Sonia
- Shi, Zian
EDISON H. S.
UNIVERSITY H. S.
- Dimitrova, Alexandra
- Tran, Vien
- Xu, Angelina
FULLERTON
FULLERTON UNION H. S.
SUNNY HILLS H. S.
- Kim, Kiheon
- Lee, Celerina
- Ma, Matthew
- Shah, Zayne
TROY H. S.
- Babiker, Iman H.
- Bahng, Zoey C.
- Chan, Addison B.
- Chen, Evan Y.
- Choi, Eric W.
- Eng, Stephen
- Fu, Elizabeth J.
- Her, Andrew N.
- Hwang, Tristan L.
- Jang, Eunjun
- Kulkarni, Soham P.
- Lim, Nathan J.
- Liu, Sophia L.
- Ma, Xiyue
- Malladi, Bhavna
- Naranjo, Bianca Z.
- Nguyen, Noah T.
- Park, Justin K.
- Patel, Sara M.
- Peddi, Aditya R.
- Peng, Derek Y.
- Pramanick, Anya
- Rhee, Victoria M.
- Shi, Cloris F.
- Simmonds, Jack R.
- Sreedhar, Diya
- Takagi, Matthew Y.
- Tsai, Andrew W.
- Wang, Ethan H.
- Wang, Stanley M.
- Wu, Patricia Q.
- Yang, Yuqi
- Zhao, Zhuoran
- Zhou, Jacqueline R.
GARDEN GROVE
BOLSA GRANDE H. S.
PACIFICA H. S.
RANCHO ALAMITOS H. S.
GILROY
DR. T. J. OWENS GILROY EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY
GLENDORA
GLENDORA H. S.
- Prince, Carter
- Ravi Shankar, Diya
GOLETA
DOS PUEBLOS H. S.
- Avolio, Liam
- Davis, Ryan
- Gardiner, Alexander
- Harris, Malcolm
- Mayo, Rainier
- Palmer, Charles
- Van De Veire, Nathaniel
- Xie, Joy
GRANADA HILLS
GRANADA HILLS CHARTER H. S.
- Boodram, Victor
- Dinh, Stephanie
- Hendrix, Kaytlin
- Kim, Nicole
- Mayberry, Thomas
- Sun, Benjamin
GRANITE BAY
GRANITE BAY H. S.
- Miller, Aubrey
- Newlin, Molly
GRASS VALLEY
BEAR RIVER H. S.
HAYWARD
CALIFORNIA CROSSPOINT H. S.
MOREAU CATHOLIC H. S.
HEALDSBURG
HEALDSBURG H. S.
HILLSBOROUGH
CRYSTAL SPRINGS UPLANDS SCHOOL
- Booth, Greylin
- Brameld, Maximilian
- Dalal, Rohan
- Jang, Nicholas
- Liou, Brandon
- Ma, Brandon
- Mornell, Aidan
- Wilson, Henry
- Yang, Katherine
HUNTINGTON BEACH
HUNTINGTON BEACH H. S.
MARINA H. S.
IRVINE
ARNOLD O. BECKMAN H. S.
- Chang, Madeleine
- Kamble, Swaroop
- Ly, Tyler
- Nazareth, Rachel
- Nguyen, Andy
- Owyang, Luke
- Pradhan, Srishti
- Wang, Gabrielle
CREAN LUTHERAN H. S.
- Goddard, Luke
- Lai, Ethan
- Paek, Matthew
- Ranalli, Leo
IRVINE H. S.
- Gaikwad, Ishaan
- Judd, Madilyn
- Lai, Lauren C.
- Lee, Ryan J.
- Liu, Emily
- Sriram, Sumanth
NORTHWOOD H. S.
- Aithal, Shreya
- Au, Kelly K.
- Batra, Aadya
- Chai, Daniel
- Chen, Yufei
- Chung, Shao-Yuan
- Dhar, Arnav
- Dinh, Jocelyn Q.
- Dutta, Vidisha
- Godse, Neil
- Gupta, Riya
- Haydon, Cole L.
- Kadakia, Viraj H.
- Kang, Nathan
- Le, Jasmine T.
- Lim, Minseo
- Lin, Michael
- Michelsen, Nirav
- Nam, Christine Y.
- Pan, Ethan H.
- Suen, Stanley
- Wang, Jinsi
- Wong, Jayden L.
- Yang, Sophia J.
PORTOLA H. S.
- Bank, Gregory Y.
- Chae, Jongmin
- Chang, Vivian L.
- Chau, Luke D.
- He, Kyle Y.
- Kim, Tiffany
- Lee, Eric Y.
- Lu, Vivian M.
- Nunna, Mourya
- Salunkhe, Aditi A.
- Samudra, Ruhi V.
- Shah, Nirmit
- Shin, Jaehun
- Shin, Luke H.
- Xie, Leyu
- Xu, Zijing
- Yedla, Aarnav
- Zhang, Mingjin
UNIVERSITY H. S.
- Baek, Blake I.
- Barathan, Urmila
- Chao, Aaron
- Chen, Kenneth
- Chen, Yufei
- Dai, Sophia Y.
- Davis, Quinne S.
- Fang, Victoria W.
- George, Abel C.
- Hexun, Miles K.
- Jafar, Sky
- Jafary, Niklaus
- Jiang, Annie
- Jiang, Ashaley
- Kim, David Y.
- Kim-Ozaeta, Jed
- Lantz, Amy R.
- Lee, Handersen P.
- Li, Victor G.
- Liauw, Ocean K.
- Liu, Jingxuan
- Naganov, Aleksandr
- Naranatt, Anugrah
- Niktash, Daniel E.
- Peng, Jayden C.
- Piedad, Kayla N.
- Randhawa, Agam S.
- Szeto, Jonathan D.
- Villadelgado, Ryan C.
- Wen, Claire C.
- Zhang, David Z.
- Zheng, Zhe
- Zhong, Evan
WOODBRIDGE H. S.
- Chang, Matthew
- Funston, Layne
- Li, Xiang
- Lim, Alex C.
- Lu, Alyssa P.
- Pamarti, Sukruti
- Pham, Charlotte C.
- Wong, Derrick K.
KENTFIELD
MARIN CATHOLIC H. S.
LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE
FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
- Bassuk, Clara
- Belzer, Kai
- Fong, Elise
- Geller, Michelle
- Liorsdottir, Steinunn
- Sue, Gregory
- Waldheim, Chase
- Zhong, Sophia
LA CANADA H. S.
- Hwang, Colin
- Kim, Eliya
- Kronson, Gabriel
- Petropoulos, Zoe
- Street, Samuel
- Thornburgh, Kaylee
- Wei, Aidan
ST. FRANCIS H. S.
LA CRESCENTA
CLARK MAGNET H. S.
CRESCENTA VALLEY H. S.
- Hamkins, Easan
- Kim, Aiden
- Ma, Garrison
- MacMillan, Alex
- Mansukhani, Jamie
- Zou, Lily
LA HABRA
SONORA H. S.
LA JOLLA
THE BISHOP’S SCHOOL
- Chen, Carley
- Chuckravanen, Sashi
- Gover, Mia
- Ha, Khai
- Kao, Emma
- Kim, Angelina
- Liang, Hao
- Lin, Audrey
- Liu, Serena
- Qin, Ryan
- Spiro, Dillon
- Wang, Logan
- Wang, Muping
- Wu, Yuanxiang
- Yi, Zoe
LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
LA JOLLA H. S.
- Abell, David
- Cairns, Dylan
- Cox, Katherine
- Jones, Elijah
- Lehman, Mira
- Lehman, Sarah
- Myers, Benjamin
- Sharma, Kyra
LA MESA
HELIX CHARTER H. S.
- Beer, Lukas R.
- Kertson, Peyton S.
LAFAYETTE
ACALANES H. S.
- Garcia, Zachary J.
- Hoeberechts, Kaya Y.
- Johnson, Julia H.
- Ristow, Carsten L.
- Yoshinaka, Jake M.
BENTLEY SCHOOL
- Chiang, Clifton
- Friedrichs, Olivia
- Peterson, Robert
- Ragins, Rachel
- Tao, Wilson
- Waltzer, Joseph
- Weiss, Theodore
LAGUNA BEACH
LAGUNA BEACH H. S.
- Butler, Frederic
- Hagen, Lyric
LAKE FOREST
EL TORO H. S.
LARKSPUR
REDWOOD H. S.
- Filler, Daniel
- Hartung, Nicholas
- Scott, Charles
LIVERMORE
GRANADA H. S.
- Dhanvantari, Sameer
- Iyer, Avi
- Mahesh, Rishabh
- Manley, Audrey
- Markel, Caspar
- Mehta, Aarav
- Mohammed, Ziad
- Mueller, Amelia
- van Waes, Kayla
- Wang, Kate
LIVERMORE H. S.
VINEYARD ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL
LONG BEACH
LONG BEACH POLYTECHNIC H. S.
- Deo-Dixit, Tejus
- Madden, Sarah
- Steege, Allegra R.
- Steege, Jade
LOS ALAMITOS
LOS ALAMITOS H. S.
- Carruth, Warren C.
- Leung, Jacob D.
- Li, Daniel C.
- Moore, Vivian M.
- Nguyen, Tracy A.
- Yew, Avery M.
- Zacheis, Mira
LOS ALTOS
LOS ALTOS H. S.
- Agarwal, Devansh
- Aron, Dhruv
- Avrahami, Noam
- Chatwin, Piper
- Chung, Sarah
- Feldman, David
- Hui, Kaihon
- Jamieson, Audrey
- Johnson, Oscar
- Li, Sophie
- Lin, Timothy
- Ma, Kaden
- Peter, Theodore
- Samek, Benjamin
- Tang, Joshua
- Xu, Michael
LOS ALTOS HILLS
PINEWOOD SCHOOL
LOS ANGELES
THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL
GEFFEN ACADEMY AT UCLA
- Koga, Bryce
- Wen, Matthew
- Wood, Jonah J.
HOLLYWOOD H. S.
LARCHMONT CHARTER SCHOOL
LOYOLA H. S.
- Algra, Turner J.
- Beerbower, Connor
- Brumbach, Lucas M.
- Lee, Samuel T.
- Mastandrea, John C.
- Nam, Chase H.
MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL
- Cheng, Yuan
- Grouf, Siena
- Melville, Emma
- Park, Ava
- Salkin, Margalit
- Shin, Eloise
- Williams, Beatrice
- Yang, Riley
MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
- Besterman, Lucas C.
- Simms, Samantha L.
VENICE H. S.
WINDWARD SCHOOL
- Granados-Puvvula, Aman
- Shubin, Quaid
LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS H. S.
- Dai, Leo
- Eldridge, Kyle
- Gan, Kevin
- Jones, Rohan
- Mai, Thien
- Mei, Jack
- Ohriner, Aryeh
- Pyle, Tatum
- Sahandi, Rosa
- Shankar, Tanav
- Sharma, Ria
MANHATTAN BEACH
MIRA COSTA H. S.
- Digilio, Eleanora
- Freelin, Colin
- Hughes, Cameron
- Kjar, Jack
- Kligys, Katherine
- Sagadevan, Hudson
- Witherell, Elizabeth
MARTINEZ
ALHAMBRA H. S.
MENLO PARK
SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
MILL VALLEY
TAMALPAIS H. S.
MILLBRAE
MILLS H. S.
- Chen, Anna
- Le, Emi L.
- Pak, Jonathan H.
MILPITAS
MILPITAS H. S.
- De Guzman, Jericho Paul Mari M.
- Dong, Leslie
- Gupta, Aditi
- Gupta, Ananya
- Le, Kyle V.
- Ma, Oliver
- Mehta, Lakshya
- Mito, William C.
- Xu, Daniel D.
MISSION VIEJO
CAPISTRANO VALLEY H. S.
- Grier, Justice T.
- James, Donovan
TRABUCO HILLS H. S.
- Jain, Jennifer
- Kerns, Colin
- Regier, Grace
- Shah, Sahil
- Smith, Gavin
MODESTO
JAMES C. ENOCHS H. S.
JOSEPH A. GREGORI H. S.
- Sibala, Mourya
- Sun, David
MODESTO H. S.
MONROVIA
MONROVIA H. S.
MONTEREY
SANTA CATALINA SCHOOL
YORK SCHOOL
MOORPARK
HIGH SCHOOL AT MOORPARK COLLEGE
MOORPARK H. S.
MORAGA
CAMPOLINDO H. S.
- Baker, Clare
- Chen, Anna
- Cheung, Chloe
- Chugh, Dilon
- Dong, Andrew
- Jia, Marilyn
- Liao, Grace
- Pawlik-Zwiebel, Ariel
- Yu, Chang
MORGAN HILL
OAKWOOD SCHOOL
MOUNTAIN VIEW
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
KHAN LAB SCHOOL
- Kunz, Charles
- Sikka, Varin
- Vemuri, Sita
- Wang, Lauren
MOUNTAIN VIEW H. S.
- Chainani, Yash
- Cheong, Arthur
- Copeland, Asher
- Eisenberg, Maya
- Fisch, Maxwell
- Hofmeister, Kenzo
- Jain, Arihant
- John, Naisha
- Kao, Carolyn
- Kirmse, Adam
- Kumpf, Alison
- Lawrence, Clara
- Lee, Gisella
- Lee, Kate
- Lin, Marisa
- Mathew, Meera
- McCauley, Helen
- Nishi, Thomas
- Ravishankar, Mia
- Rutherford, Hannah
- Ta, Valerie
- Tang, Ryan
- Walker, Michelle
- Weise, Atulya
- Wing, Ethan
- Xu, Alexander
- Yin, Ryan
ST. FRANCIS H. S.
- Byrer, James
- Garg, Simren
- Gklaros-Stavropoulos, Alexander
- Nadkarni, Tej
- Ponnuvelu, Divya
- Sakthivel, Rhishi Balaa
- Sweatt, Kenya
- Tao, Katie
- Vijay, Smriti
- Winton, Katherine
- Yalamanchili, Anvitha
MURRIETA
MURRIETA VALLEY H. S.
NAPA
NAPA H. S.
VINTAGE H. S.
NEWBURY PARK
NEWBURY PARK H. S.
- Kane, Allison
- McIntosh, Duncan
- Pamidi, Arhat
NEWHALL
WILLIAM S. HART H. S.
NEWPORT BEACH
CORONA DEL MAR H. S.
- Leehealey, James E.
- Sapru, Naiya E.
- Tauro, Camille A.
SAGE HILL SCHOOL
- Chao, Madeleine
- Chen, Emily
- Gabriel, Anna
- Gan, Katelyn
- Graham, Justin
- Haworth, Benjamin
- Isakov, Sophia
- Jiang, Wanlin
- Kim, Ian
- Lai, Harriet
- Lew, Jesse
- Li, Christine
- Lin, Frank
- Lin, Sophia
- Lynn, Jacob
- Pang, Bo
- Rybakova, Raquel
- Sueyoshi, Claire
- Wang, Evelyn
- Wang, Mingyue
- Zhang, Jiaming
- Zhou, Sophia
NORTH HOLLYWOOD
NORTH HOLLYWOOD H. S.
- Chang, Dylan E.
- Ghasemi, Arman
- Isayan, Michael
- Kim, Matthew M.
- Lee, Andrew
- Meka, Hriday V.
- Minton, Nathan A.
- Swain, Penelope C.
- Thomson-Tribe, Eno
- Wood, Aeneas M.
OAKWOOD SCHOOL
- Cleckler, Markus
- Reich, Louis
SCIENCE ACADEMY STEM MAGNET
- Said, Gideon E.
- Tang, David S.
OAK HILLS
CEDAR LIFE ACADEMY
OAK PARK
OAK PARK H. S.
- Chu, Joy Z.
- Kim, Daniel K.
- Kladopoulos, Penelope I.
- Mehta, Kavya
- Nicks, William
- Patil, Siddhant S.
- Pourmohammadi, Armin
- Ruan, Margaret
- Rydman, Raja I.
- Wan, David P.
OAKDALE
OAKDALE H. S.
OAKLAND
COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
- Agarwal, Mira
- Arreola, Bernice
- de Figueiredo, Caetano
- de Figueiredo, Tiago
- Distiller, Jesse
- Fromson-Mayhew, Julia
- Helft, Rafael
- Hosten-Mittermaier, Orhan
- Lee, Katelyn
- Rakowski, Taryn
- Rees, Gardner
- Saphir, Otto
- Saxonov, Anne
- Schul, Manon
- Wolff-Merovick, Jules
- Zhu, Eric
- Zhu, Ruoxi
HEAD – ROYCE SCHOOL
BISHOP O’DOWD H. S.
- Kerley, Andrew
- Kerley, August
- Song Schnitzler, Joaquin
OAKLAND TECHNICAL H. S.
- Morehead, Steven J.
- Myall-Martin, Reba
- Schafer, August B.
OCEANSIDE
EL CAMINO H. S.
OJAI
THE THACHER SCHOOL
ONTARIO
CHAFFEY H. S.
ORANGE
ORANGE LUTHERAN H. S.
ORINDA
MIRAMONTE H. S.
- Anderson, William
- Crisologo, Jacob
- Hagendoorn, Logan
- Rguem, Preston
- Rivera-Gu, Abigail
- Wong, Chase
- Wong, Emma
OXNARD
RIO MESA H. S.
PACIFIC PALISADES
PALISADES CHARTER H. S.
- Ball, James
- Hurd, Annalisa
- Sonnett, Samantha
PACIFICA
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
PALO ALTO
CASTILLEJA SCHOOL
- Cham, Mika
- Kim, Abigail
- Nukala, Ananya
- Ryu, Christine
- Verma, Diya
HENRY M. GUNN H. S.
- Bogart, Tessa
- Cha, Hamin
- Dhingra, Siyona
- Gao, Grace
- Goel, Agastya
- Guo, Jerry
- Humphreys, Lionel N.
- Humphreys, Owen N.
- Kass, David
- Kim, David
- Knutson, Mei T.
- Kou, Daniel
- Le, Anh
- Liu, Benjamin
- Liu, Siqi
- Lum, Brian H.
- Mao, Caroline X.
- Murase, Noah
- Nam, Sophie
- Nanevicz, Joseph J.
- Ni, Eric
- Oh, Justin
- Qian, Charlotte
- Ren, Samuel Y.
- Sane, Nikita
- Satpathy, Sangeet
- Seo, Jiho
- Su, Stella
- Tang, Alyssa R.
- Tsen, Janus Ling An
- Vasanawala, Sauram
- Wang, Michael
- Weinstein, Jonah
- Xiao, Aleena
- Yue, Alan W.
- Zeineh, Esme S.
- Zhang, Daniel
KEHILLAH JEWISH H. S.
- Follmer, Anton
- Zucker, Isaac
PALO ALTO H. S.
- Akin, Rory A.
- Avital, Noam
- Cho, Kanghee
- Chou, Forrest
- Grewal, Sarina K.
- Huang, Cynthia C.
- Huang, Joyce
- Ji, Lambert H.
- Jiang, Nathan
- Johnson, Moss K.
- Kim, Justun J.
- Konduri, Samhita
- Lee, Holden
- Li, Andrew
- Lin, Crystal M.
- Liu, Bryan
- Lu, David
- Migliore, Kevin
- Motwani, Divij
- Pujji, Keerath K.
- Rao, Angela
- Rescorla, Darwin
- Tamura, Arun
- Tuteja, Maxwell Akash G.
- Valouev, Aleksey
- Wu, Vince X.
- Xia, Katherine J.
PALO CEDRO
FOOTHILL H. S.
PALOS VERDES ESTATES
PALOS VERDES H. S.
- Fu, Michael Q.
- Kao, Olivia J.
- Tydlaska, Avery K.
- Yu, Allison S.
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA
CHADWICK SCHOOL
- Hatch, Bryce
- Lee, Diane
- Matsunaga, Noah
- Saket, Ryan
- Segil, Jack
- Yoon, Ashton
PASADENA
LA SALLE H. S.
- Hoskins, Jake
- Lin, Ethan
- Liu, Annie M.
- Liu, Xinyan
- Truong, Lucas A.
MARANATHA H. S.
MARSHALL FUNDAMENTAL SCHOOL
PASADENA H. S.
- McConnell, Paulina
- Paz, Matthew
POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL
- Kim, Ashley
- Kim, Evelyn
- Sim, Ennio
- Teng, Ava
WESTRIDGE SCHOOL
- Leizman, Sarah
- Li, Yeuk On
PEBBLE BEACH
STEVENSON SCHOOL
- Eum, Wonjin
- Lee, Gordon K.
PIEDMONT
PIEDMONT H. S.
- Detlefsen, Maximo
- Glass, Sophia
- Gudiksen, Ellen
- Jajodia, Aman
- Olliphant, Sabrina
- Sauer, Ava
- Tang, Aliana
- von Metzsch, August
PLACENTIA
VALENCIA H. S.
- Choi, Samuel
- Chung, Makayla H.
- Keum, Saebyeok
- Park, Yoojun
PLACERVILLE
EL DORADO H. S.
SKY MOUNTAIN CHARTER SCHOOL
PLEASANTON
AMADOR VALLEY H. S.
- Barik, Arianna
- Bian, Ziyu
- Chawla, Gauri
- Chen, Alayna
- Chen, Eric
- Cheng, Zachary
- Chugh, Tejasveer
- Das, Aryan
- Deshpande, Aditi
- Dmitriev, Filipp
- Erigineni, Archith Datta
- Gao, Catherine
- Garg, Abhinav
- He, Zhiheng
- Hoang, Helen H.
- Jones, Christian
- Kalkunte, Varadan
- Kazempour, Skye
- Panicker, Dia
- Pranadi, Skyler J.
- Prashanth, Vidhaat
- Ravishankar, Sanjay
- Singhania, Vardaan
- Sreekumar, Raghav
- Sundar, Anusha
- Wang, Alex
- Xie, Leran
- Xu, Jennifer T.
- Zhang, Angela
- Zhang, Leyuan
FOOTHILL H. S.
- Bajpai, Advay
- Bhandari, Prisha
- Biswal, Aahana
- Chakraborty, Ratul
- Chui, Karisa
- Cooper, Emily
- Cowger, Kellyn
- Gupta, Kabeer
- Huber, Clarissa M.
- Jaiswal, Nirav
- Kallu, Anish
- Lin, Phil
- PalaniThangavelappan, Lakshanya
- Penumuchu, Harini
- Sun, Iris Z.
- Zhang, Kylie
- Zhen, Alex
POMONA
DIAMOND RANCH H. S.
- LeFevre-Dhore, Ryan N.
- Sykes, Shakari J.
PORTOLA VALLEY
WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL
- Buddin, Elise
- Duh, Andrew
- Hurlbut, Andrew
- Kawaja, Cole
- Lee, Cara
- Ozaki, Spencer
- Zhou, Rui
POWAY
POWAY H. S.
- Bizjack, Donovan G.
- Chu, Landan Y.
- Gregg, Elizabeth A.
- Kirschbaum, Megan S.
- Stewart, Gabriel J.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
- Abdou Bishay Baris, Arsany M.
ETIWANDA H. S.
LOS OSOS H. S.
- Diep, Alexandria L.
- Jang, Wilson
RANCHO CUCAMONGA H. S.
- Goh, Vinessa
- He, Duojia
- Vista, James R.
UNITED CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
RANCHO MIRAGE
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
RANCHO SANTA FE
HIGH BLUFF ACADEMY
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA
SANTA MARGARITA CATHOLIC H. S.
TESORO H. S.
- Ganguly, Ayush
- Guo, Michelle
- Li, Jessie
REDLANDS
REDLANDS H. S.
- Howo, William
- Liu, Amanda
- Moenius, Marlon
- Pidaparthi, Abhinav
- So Lee, Tiffany
- Zhang, Ellie
REDONDO BEACH
REDONDO UNION H. S.
- Carson, Paul
- Chae, Christian
- Douglas, Kyler
- Kurihara, Madison
- Leto, Amelia
- Lu, Tristan
- Son, Yijun
REDWOOD CITY
DESIGN TECH H. S.
- Baggott, Eli
- Berger, William
- Chan, Mackenzie
- Crawford, Skye
SEQUOIA H. S.
- Chang, Christine
- Kokal, Rikhil
- Torkos, Soren
- Wu, Shangheng
SUMMIT PREPARATORY H. S.
RESEDA
RESEDA H. S.
RIALTO
WILMER AMINA CARTER H. S.
RIVERSIDE
JOHN W. NORTH H. S.
RIVERSIDE POLYTECHNIC H. S.
RIVERSIDE STEM ACADEMY
ROCKLIN
ROCKLIN H. S.
- Moniz, Brook N.
- Tzeng, Noah J.
WESTERN SIERRA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA H. S.
- Aye, Emily Y.
- Baghoolizadeh, Neekta S.
- Chai, Meizhu
- Choo, Ray Z.
- Espinoza, Leila M.
- Fast, Charlotte M.
- Lee, Abigail F.
- Lin, Brandon K.
- Lin, Juliette J.
- Lu, Eric Y.
- Ma, Jacob A.
- Monzon, Aaron S.
- Rhoades, Alena C.
- Shu, Mason W.
- So, Hyunbin
- Tom, Bryce R.
- Wang, Angelina Y.
- Xu, Zhian
ROSEVILLE
OAKMONT H. S.
WEST PARK H. S.
ROSS
BRANSON SCHOOL
- Jayaraman, Ishwar K.
- Johnson, Nathaniel G.
- Moon, Alexander
- Rudy, Rebecca
- Xu, Owen
ROWLAND HEIGHTS
JOHN A. ROWLAND H. S.
- Hagiwara, James Y.
- Liang, Arthur C.
SACRAMENTO
BRADSHAW CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS H. S.
MIRA LOMA H. S.
- Bodducherla, Tanay
- Chen, Celina X.
- Crowder, Otis L.
- Hou, Nicole Z.
- Karanam, Nishanth T.
- Mahendra, Arnav
- Morasa, Arya
- Namozov, Dilshodbek B.
- Prasad, Nandini
NP3 H. S.
RIO AMERICANO H. S.
- Golden, Mia
- Pannell, Daphne
SACRAMENTO COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
ST. FRANCIS H. S.
SAN ANSELMO
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
SAN DIEGO
CAL COAST ACADEMY
THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL
- Chin, Alexander
- Chin, Ethan
- Lee, Jeong-Chan
- Sinha, Zachary
CANYON CREST ACADEMY
- Amihai, Noam
- Backues, Alexander
- Bai, Ryan
- Bayraktaroglu, Ozan
- Bhat, Neha
- Bhatmuley, Shail
- Chadha, Arav
- Chen, Kaitlyn
- Chen, Stephen
- Criqui, Tate
- Fehmi, Ali
- Gao, Sarah
- Goodsell, Koe
- Guo, Brian
- Huang, Sierra
- Jiang, Helena
- Kim, Elly
- Lau, Celine
- Lesmes, Leo
- Li, Anlin
- Liu, Allen
- Long, Giada
- Lu, Emily
- Lutsenko, Kirill
- Malhotra, Nav
- Mandadi, Krish
- Mao, Albert
- Minna-Choe, Kailani
- Mock, Ella
- Mostowfi, Kimia
- Palyada, Aahana
- Shao, Elaina
- Song, Audrey
- Sun, Haowen
- Tak, Minkyu
- Tian, Andrew
- Uchiyama, Misa
- Wang, Jintong
- Wang, Sarah
- Wu, Larry
- Wu, Ryan
- Zhang, Alan
- Zhang, Emily
- Zhang, Maggie
- Zhang, Noel
- Zhou, Andrew
DEL NORTE H. S.
- Akella, Satvik
- Bansal, Rishi
- Chang, Sean
- Chu, Brandon
- Darugar, Rayyan
- Dewasurendra, Pahan
- Khattar, Zinia
- Kimber, Allison
- Lalwani, Nikhil
- Marilla, Isabel
- Mondal, Raunak
- Ni, Chenjia
- Partridge, Alyssa Jane
- Patel, Shreeya
- Patel, Tanay
- Patil, Tanisha
- Pulivendula, Ankit
- Rajasekar, Jeevika
- Ramamurthy, Chinmay
- Reddy, Alekhya
- Shah, Ayanna
- Sheng, Raymond
- Simon, Noah
- Tang, Sophia
- Tejada Oviedo, Andres
- Wadhwani, Dishti
- Xiao, Alex
- Xu, Kate
- Zhang, Jason
- Zhu, Steven
MISSION BAY H. S.
MORSE H. S.
- Grilli, Elena
- Reinstein, Miles
MOUNT CARMEL H. S.
- Kalyanaraman, Anirudh
- MacIsaac, Kayden A.
- Nudurupati, Aneesh
- Palacios, Daniel
- Wen, Raine
MOUNT EVEREST ACADEMY
FRANCIS W. PARKER SCHOOL
- Brown, Jonas
- Li, Eric
- Manda, Abhiram
- Ohta, Jason
- Parikh, Anika
- Soule, Nicholas
RANCHO BERNARDO H. S.
- Dinh, Nathaniel
- Kwack, Joyce
- Slape, Peyton
- Thienpreecha, Pukaphol
- Yang, Christopher
SCRIPPS RANCH H. S.
- Bai, Nicholas
- Cai, Michelle
- Chan, Andrea
- Choi, Hyein
- Colbourn, Robert
- Henderson, Lauren
- Manikandan, Rithvik
- Pacal, Edward
- Ramamurthy, Aditi
- Riehl, Quinner
- Rosing, Alisa
- Sanigepalli, Shashank
- Su, Ian
- Tran, Delbert
- Wang, Vivian
TORREY PINES H. S.
- Chang, Joshua
- Chen, Liuqing
- Jiao, Siyuan
UNIVERSITY CITY H. S.
- Deutsch, David
- Nordstrand, Noah
WESTVIEW H. S.
- Chen, Chloe J.
- Chen, Trevor B.
- Deng, Dylan M.
- Devadiga, Jyotsna Y.
- Lerdworatawee, Ryan L.
- Sun, Chloe J.
- Thayillam, Breanna M.
- Xie, Anne J.
- Yousuf, Ilana
- Zheng, Kyle X.
SAN FRANCISCO
JEWISH COMMUNITY H. S. OF THE BAY
LICK – WILMERDING H. S.
- Collomb, Leonard
- Mishra, Saahil
- Park, Frances
- Park, James
- Roberts, Harper
- Tseng, Alexander
ABRAHAM LINCOLN H. S.
LOWELL H. S.
- Koster, Sebastian
- Ngo, Issac
- Nguyen, Pierce
- Shuster, Ilya G.
LYCEE FRANCAIS
PROOF SCHOOL
- Hung, Allison
- Marvit, Lachlan
- Son, Nathaniel
ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN H. S.
SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PREPARATORY
SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY H. S.
- Chrisman, Dorothy
- Garcia, Gabriela
- Gupta, Aria
- Hsu, Skye
- King, Chapel
ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
- Chen, Wilson
- Duffy, Ciel R.
- Huang, Caden W.
- Liu, Adrian
- Miller, Luke W.
GEORGE WASHINGTON H. S.
SAN GABRIEL
GABRIELINO H. S.
- Chan, Kaden C.
- Vuong, Brandon
SAN GABRIEL H. S.
SAN JOSE
BASIS INDEPENDENT SILICON VALLEY
- Ahmad, Aya
- Avula, Shreyas
- Balmin, Joshua
- Das, Rohan
- Fazel-Rezai, Hamed
- Jin, Henry
- Khattar, Yashas
- Lai, Xiaoyue
- Li, Andrew
- Li, Sophia
- Liu, Cindy
- Liu, Samuel
- Liu, Stephanie
- Luo, Alex
- Mao, Ruinan
- Nair, Srilalitha
- Pillai, Diya
- Qi, Oliver
- Sar, Sonya
- Shao, Yourui
- Sun, Kenneth
- Sun, Xinyue
- Tan, Aindra
- Wang, Antony
- Wang, Luofei
- Zhang, Allison
- Zheng, Brianna
- Zhu, Michael
BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREPARATORY
- Ajiwibawa, Josh
- Arya, Arjun
- Chau, Elijah
- Choe, Ian
- Chu, Daniel
- Deshmukh, Samarjit
- D’souza, Zane
- Ghosh, Ayush
- Ho, Jonathan
- Irudayaraj, Akshay
- Jaison, Aaron
- Jiang, Daniel
- Jun, Luke
- Kennedy, Reid
- Krishna, Vayun
- Lekkelapudi, Avi
- Li, John
- Lin, Samuel
- Ling, Winston
- Park, Calvin
- Qian, Derek
- Raghav, Samskrith
- Rana, Abhijay
- Rohana, Jule
- Santos, Eli
- Tu, Arthur
- Zhao, Brian
- Zheng, Shuwen
BRANHAM H. S.
- Chen, Richfield
- Chua, Jie Ru
- Chua, Zhi Quan
- Do, Matthew
- Huang, Cassia
- Ji, Eulina
- Toren, Kevin
EVERGREEN VALLEY H. S.
- Abdulavahid, Rihana K.
- Agrawal, Pratinav
- Chiu, Audrey J.
- Chou, Matthew Z.
- Chung, Owen C.
- Dong, Kathleen N.
- Ganti, Ananya V.
- Garimella, Raghav V.
- Jonnalagadda, Nishant P.
- Kappagantula, Chandrasekhar
- Kashi, Neel
- Kweon, Jian
- Manamala, Harsha R.
- Pitre, Ishaan R.
- Shekar, Deshna
- Shetty, Tanish V.
- Singamsetty, Sahil
- Tran, Huy L.
- Yang, Rick K.
THE HARKER SCHOOL
- Affaki, Maya
- Agarwal, Savya
- Apte, Rajas
- Balaji, Shiven
- Bao, Aaron
- Bhargava, Saanvi
- Biswas, Fern
- Blennemann, Marcus
- Chakravarty, Shreyas
- Chen, Aaron
- Chen, Daniel M.
- Chen, Felix
- Chen, Harrison
- Chen, Jiazhi
- Cheng, Audrey
- Cheng, Claire
- Chung, Anderson
- Cui, Kyra
- Feng, Audrey
- Fu, Benjamin
- Gautham, Satvika
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California
Dramatic explosion caught on video destroys homes, injures six, officials say
A natural gas line leak triggered a dramatic explosion that destroyed a Bay Area home on Thursday, injuring six people and damaging several other properties.
At least one person was inside the home before it was leveled in the blast. The individual managed to escape without injury, but six others were hurt, including three who suffered serious injuries, Alameda County Fire Department spokesperson Cheryl Hurd said.
“It was a chaotic scene,” Hurd said. “There was fire and debris and smoke everywhere, power lines down, people self-evacuated from the home. … Someone was on the sidewalk with severe burns.”
The leak started after a third-party construction crew working Thursday morning in the 800 block of East Lewelling Boulevard in Hayward struck a Pacific Gas and Electric underground natural gas line, according to a statement from the utility.
Fire crews were first dispatched to the scene at 7:46 a.m. after PG&E reported a suspected natural gas leak, Hurd said. PG&E officials were already on scene when fire engines arrived, and reportedly told firefighters their assistance was not needed, Hurd said.
Utility workers attempted to isolate the damaged line, but gas was leaking from multiple locations. Workers shut off the flow of gas at about 9:25 a.m. About ten minutes later an explosion occurred, PG&E said in a statement.
Fire crews were called back to the same address, where at least 75 firefighters encountered heavy flames and a thick column of smoke. Surrounding homes sustained damage from the blast and falling debris. Three buildings were destroyed on two separate properties and several others were damaged, according to fire officials.
Six people were taken to Eden Medical Center, including three with severe injuries requiring immediate transport. Officials declined to comment on the nature of their injuries.
Video captured from a Ring doorbell affixed to a neighboring house showed an excavator digging near the home moments before the explosion. The blast rattled nearby homes, shattered windows and sent construction crews running.
Initially, authorities suspected that two people were missing after the blast. That was determined not to be the case, Hurd said.
“They brought in two cadaver dogs looking to see if anyone was still trapped under the rubble, and the dogs cleared everything,” Hurd said.
Brittany Maldonado had just returned from dropping off her son at school Thursday morning when she noticed a PG&E employee checking out her gas meter. He informed her that there was an issue and they had to turn off the gas to her home.
She didn’t think twice about it.
“About 45 minutes later, everything shakes,” she told reporters at the scene. “It was a big boom…first we think someone ran into our house—a truck or something—and then we look outside and it’s like a war zone.”
The house across the street was leveled, Maldonado said. When she watched the footage from her Ring camera she said it looked as though a bomb inside the home had gone off.
“I’m very glad that no one lost their lives,” she said.
Officials with the Sheriff’s Office, PG&E and the National Transportation Safety Board are continuing to investigate the circumstances that led to the explosion.
In 2010, a PG&E pipeline ruptured in a San Bruno neighborhood, destroying 38 homes and killing eight people. California regulators later approved a $1.6-billion fine against the utility for violating state and federal pipeline safety standards.
Staff writer Hannah Fry contributed to this report
California
Neil Thwaites promoted to ‘Vice President of Global Sales & California Commercial Performance’ for Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines – Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air
Thwaites will lead the strategy and execution of all sales activities for the combined Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines team. His responsibilities include growing indirect revenue on Alaska’s expanding international and domestic network, as well as expanding Atmos for Business, a new program designed for small- and medium-sized companies.
Thwaites joined Alaska Airlines in January 2022 as regional vice president in California. Since stepping into the role, Thwaites has significantly sharpened the airline’s focus and scale in key markets and communities across the state, strengthening Alaska’s position as we continue to grow in California. He will continue to be based at the company’s California offices in Burlingame. The moves take effect Dec. 13, with Thwaites also continuing to lead his current California commercial planning and performance function in addition to Global Sales.
Prior to Alaska, Thwaites worked in multiple positions within the airline industry, including a decade holding roles in London, New York, and Los Angeles for British Airways (a fellow oneworld member); most recently as ‘VP, Sales – Western USA’, where he was responsible for market development strategy and indirect revenue for both British Airways and Iberia across the western U.S.
Thwaites is originally from the United Kingdom and graduated from the University of Brighton with a double honors degree in Business Administration & Law.
California
Tiny tracker following monarch butterflies during California migration
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — When this monarch butterfly hits the sky it won’t be traveling alone. In fact, an energetic team of researchers will be following along with a revolutionary technology that’s already unlocking secrets that could help the entire species survive.
“I’ve described this technology as a spaceship compared to the wheel, like using a using a spaceship compared to the invention of the wheel. It’s teaching us so, so much more,” says Ray Moranz, Ph.D., a pollinator conservation specialist with the Xerces Society.
Moranz is part of a team that’s been placing tiny tracking devices on migrating monarchs. The collaboration is known as Project Monarch Science. It leverages solar powered radio tags that are so light they don’t affect the butterfly’s ability to fly. And they’re allowing researchers to track the Monarch’s movements in precise detail. With some 400 tags in place, the group already been able to get a nearly real time picture of monarch migrations east of the Rockies, with some populations experiencing dramatic twists and turns before making to wintering grounds in Mexico.
“They’re trying to go southward to Mexico. They can’t fight the winds. Instead, some of them were letting themselves be carried 50 miles north, 100 miles north, 200 miles the wrong way, which we are all extremely alarmed by and for good reason. Some of these monarchs, their migration was delayed by two or three weeks.
According to estimates, migrating monarch populations have dropped by roughly 80% or more across the country. And the situation with coastal species here in California is especially dire. Blake Barbaree is a senior scientist with Point Blue Conservation Science. He and his colleagues are tracking Northern California populations now clustered around Santa Cruz.
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“This year, there’s it’s one of the lowest, populations recorded in the winter. And the core zones have been in Santa Cruz County and up in Marin County. So we’ve undertaken an effort to understand how the monarchs are really using these different groves around Santa Cruz by tagging some in the state parks around town,” Barbaree explains.
He says being able to track individual monarchs could help identify microhabitats in the area that help them survive, ranging from backyard pollinator gardens to protected open space to forest groves.
“So we’re really getting a great insight to how reliant they are on these big trees, but also the surrounding area and people’s even backyards. And then along the way around the coast, how they’re transitioning among some of these groves. And we’re looking for some of the triggers for those movements. Right. Why are they doing this and what’s what’s driving them to do that? So those questions are still a little bit further out as we get to analyze some more some more of the data,” he believes.
And that data is getting even more precise. The tags, developed by Cellular Tracking Technologies, can be monitored from dedicated listening stations. But the company is also able to crowdsource signals detected by cellphone networks on phones with Bluetooth connectivity and location access activated. And they’ve also helped develop an app that allows volunteers, citizen scientists, and the general public to track and report Monarch locations themselves using their smartphones.
CEO Michael Lanzone says the initial response has been overwhelming.
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“We were super surprised to see 3,000 people download the monarch app. It’s like, you know, but people really love monarchs. There’s something that people just relate to,” says Lanzone who like many staffers at Cellular Tracking Technologies, has a background in wildlife ecology.
A number of groups are pushing to have the monarchs designated nationally as a threatened species. If that ultimately happens, researchers believe the tracking data could help put better protections in place.
“They’re highly vulnerable to, you know, some of the different things that that that we as humans do around using pesticides and also potentially cutting, you know, cutting down trees for various reasons. Sometimes they’re for safety and sometimes it’s, you know, for development. But so having an understanding of how we can do those things more sensibly and protect the places that they need the most,” says Point Blue’s Barbaree.
And it’s happening with the help of researchers, citizen scientists, and a technology weighing no more than a few grains of rice.
The smartphone app is called Project Monarch Science. You can download it for free and begin tracking.
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